Primary Care model
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB , Midlands, Integrated Care Board (ICB)
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NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB , Midlands, Integrated Care Board (ICB)
The, then clinical commissioning group (CCG), now the integrated care board (ICB), needed to redesign the payment process for primary care because otherwise the payments would be confusing, time consuming and in some cases unfair.
How might we move away from a model based on the outdated national contract formula and many additional separate payments for additional services so that we have a much simpler payment model which encompasses all funding streams and recognisees individual patient need at practice level
How might we fund primary care based upon need as it impacts on primary care delivery and to base this as far as possible on NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) CCG, now ICB, patient level data so that we have a reflective funding model that brings funding equity also we do not have to wait years for updates to the national funding model and data, as our population health priorities change and patient data adapts, we can refresh the model on a regular basis.
The new funding model:
The benefits to the system as a result of the funding change were:
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Read now“Improves the patient outcome and experience and stretches the taxpayer’s pound.”
“They have addressed an historic issue and created a solution locally to smooth and better align funding flows and simplify the payment process.”
“It has successfully addressed and resolved problems inherent with primary care payment flows.”
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